Patriot Coal Corporation (2015)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $2,927 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $4,791 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 4,100
• Sub-industry: 12 Coal Mining
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: MO St. Louis
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Kirkland Ellis
• Date of filing: May 12, 2015
• Judge at filing: Keith L. Phillips
• Court district of filing: VA ED
• Court city of filing: Richmond
• Case number: 15-32450
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: October 9, 2015
• Judge at disposition: Keith L. Phillips
• Days from filing to disposition: 150

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years